Pune, February 25 Local player and wildcard entrant Manas Dhamne qualified for the men's singles quarterfinals of the Maha Open ATP Challenger 75 tournament here on Wednesday.
Dhamne reached the final eight after Belarus' Ilya Ivashka, who was once ranked in the top 50, retired from the competition due to an injury while he was trailing 3-6. Dhamne will face Croatia's Duje Ajdukovic in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Meanwhile, unseeded Ajdukovic, Alastair Gray of Great Britain, and sixth-seeded Italian Federico Cina were the other players from the top half to qualify for the quarterfinals.
Ajdukovic produced a dominant performance to defeat fifth-seeded Frederico Ferreira Silva of Portugal 6-2, 6-2.
Great Britain's Gray came back strongly from being a set down to defeat third seed Ilia Simakin 4-6, 7-6(7), 7-5 in two hours and 50 minutes.
Italy's Cina recorded a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Japan's Yuta Shimizu.
In the doubles first round, top seeds Siddhant Banthia (India) and Alexander Donski (Bulgaria) overcame a tough first-set challenge to beat Luca Castelnuovo (Switzerland) and Uisung Park (Korea) 7-6(5), 6-2.
Indian wildcards Saketh Myneni and Digvijaypratap Singh recorded a commanding 6-3, 6-3 victory over Japan's Masamichi Imamura and Kokoro Isomura, while the pair of Jay Clarke (Great Britain) and Michael Geerts (Belgium) registered a clinical 6-3, 6-4 win over the Japanese duo Takuya Kumasaka and Rio Noguchi.
Ryuki Matsuda (Japan) and Ilia Simakin defeated Aryan Lakshmanan (India) and Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong (Malaysia) 7-6(3), 7-5.
